EVENTS
Oorvani programmes help our civic community understand urban challenges at a city and neighbourhood level, and develop their agency and problem-solving skills to find solutions. Find updates from our recent events.
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Paving the Way: Community Action for Sustainable Urban Mobility
On Friday, July 18, 2025, Oorvani Foundation hosted the first session of ‘Oorvani Change Network – Learning from the Doers’, a series that spotlights changemakers actively shaping their cities. The theme of the first session was urban mobility, and we…
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Treated used water: A resource waiting to be tapped
Urban India is increasingly waking up to a pressing reality — water stress is not a future threat; it’s a current crisis. At the heart of this challenge lies not just a scarcity of fresh water, but an under utilization…
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India Civic Summit 2025: Citizen action for climate
The India Civic Summit 2025, held on 8th February 2025, brought together over 150 civic leaders, urban practitioners, grassroots changemakers, and engaged citizens to explore solutions for climate-resilient cities. Unlike a conventional conference, this was a convening of practitioners, where…
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From dreams to real-life stories
We recently partnered with Dream a Dream, an NGO empowering young people from marginalised backgrounds, to host a session on storytelling for 25 participants on December 29th in Bommanahalli, Bengaluru. In the session, we explored the role of media in…
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Action Workshop on Urban Street Design
Last week, we experimented with a new format learning session called the “action workshop”. The goal was to help participants learn and gain a clear understanding of next steps. On Saturday, 5th October 2024, an action-oriented workshop titled “Urban Street…
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Multimedia storytelling workshop in Vyasarpadi
There was enough food for thought as the Oorvani Foundation conducted a multi-media journalism workshop for the Vyasai Thozhargal community group on July 13th and 14th in Chennai. Vyasai Thozhargal is a team of first-generation graduates, who have used education…
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Masterclass on Urban Mobility: Why is there traffic?
Why is there traffic in our cities? Is it because of narrow roads, clogged junctions, too many vehicles, or poor public transport? What kind of infrastructure can solve our traffic problem – wider roads, flyovers, elevated roads, better footpaths, cycle…
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A deep dive into understanding lake assets
As part of the Citizen Journalism for Changemakers – CJC Programme, Oorvani Foundation organised a masterclass on Urban lakes on 29th September. The session was aimed at engaging citizens in a discourse on lake rejuvenation/management. About thirty-five participants attended the 2-hour masterclass…
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Civic changemakers connect and share insights
Our annual roundtable saw civic changemakers exchange knowledge and experiences of working to build better cities.
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Focus on Local Journalism at #IPIWoCo
Two discussions on local journalism at the recently held three-day International Press Institute’s World Congress in New York, brought together founders, editors and publishers of some pioneering local publications from South Africa, India, Indonesia and the US. The panel Local news…
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Citizen Matters’ Roundtable on The Urban Agenda
“Our urban crisis remains marginal to the political debate” – Peter Dreier As part of World Resource Institute’s Connect Karo 2019 conference, we hosted the Citizen Matters’ Roundtable on The Urban Agenda. It was held at the India Habitat Center,…
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Datajam Sprint II: Datageeks put heads and hands together
Datakind Bengaluru, in collaboration with Open City, an initiative of Oorvani Foundation, hosted the second installment of their annual sprint event. The annual sprint comprises a set of events as part of their #DataforGood initiative, aimed at creating small projects/prototypes…
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Summer Workshop: Journalism for Young Citizens
Encourage your teen or a young friend to sign up for our Journalism Workshop for young citizens to gain insights into how the city works and how to use journalism to engage and solve problems.
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Data journalism workshop in Bangalore
The Hoot, in collaboration with Data Meet and Oorvani Foundation, is organising a two day workshop in Bangalore on tools and resources for data journalism on November 28th and 29th. Data journalism workshop for working journalists The goal of this workshop is to…
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Citizen Matters – Reader Survey 2014
You are our most loyal reader You are our critic You have an opinion You want to make yourself heard You are a citizen journalist You are a champion for the city You are a Bangalorean Whomsoever you may be,…